Teaching using HPC-UGent

Does your course or practical session involve letting students work with a computer?

• Do you ask your students to program in e.g. R, Python, or another programming language?
• Do you need the Linux bash command line interface for your hands-on session?
• Are you teaching students how to use a specific scientific software package, with or without a graphical user interface?
• Do you rely on a dedicated server or workstation on which you let your students work?

If any of the above sounds familiar, then this infosession could interest you.

HPC-UGent offers services facilitating teaching and training

We advise the use of the HPC webportal in combination with the interactive cluster for teaching and training.

• User-friendly interface to the HPC, using a standard internet browser
• Vast array of scientific software packages is preinstalled on the system, including some GUIs
• The interactive/debug cluster guarantees that jobs start instantly

We also help you get organized if you make a teaching request.

• 11h00: Brief overview of HPC-UGent services for teaching
• 11h40: Demo of HPC-UGent web portal
• 12h00: Q&A – what are you teaching and how could you use HPC-UGent?
• 13h00: End